VFX Oscar race down to 10 films

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have revealed the 10 films that remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 85th Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

The Amazing Spider-Man

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

John Carter

Life of Pi

Marvel’s The Avengers

Prometheus

Skyfall

Snow White and the Huntsman

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 3. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Which 5 do you think will land a nod?

daniez

my guesses are the hobbit, cloud atlas, life of pi, and dark knight. undecided on the other…

Cole

Life of Pi deserves to win. The effects in that movie were incredible.

fred

Definantly “The Avengers” will be one for sure, i believe the other four will be “Life Of Pi”, “The Hobbit”, “Skyfall” and either “Prometheus” or “Cloud Atlas”.